This thread is for asking questions of the Speaker publicly. It can be used then to find out how the Speaker would interpret a part of the constitution where the meaning is ambiguous so that they can't try and cheat you in any way.

As a side note, please keep politics out of here. This thread is for constitutional questions. The Speaker will not be answering anything about their personal beliefs.

This thread was originally created by ex-Speaker DayneD89.

The current Speaker of the House of Commons is Faland.
The current Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons is Toronto353.

I'm going to be asking for manifesto's next week and we will go from there. Its more convention that only MPs are allowed than real rule. I can't see anything in the constitution to limit me from using my discretion in this so I'm going to allow non-MPs to stand, though this will be at my discretion. IE I wont allow someone who has only rarely used the HoC to run, but anyone who has been an active member will be allowed.

(Original post by Indievertigo)
Dayne will you be investigating the possibility of banning certain people from the house?

just to point out for this that local bans are really hard to get, people have to abuse a forum a lot to get one. and it has to be decision from the moderation team (globals and above), so a lowly forum assistant won't really get much headway with this. plus the HoC is supposed to be inclusive to everyone.
unless site rules are being broken chances of having people banned from this forum are highly unlikely. though dayne could veto MP's as he's leader of the MP group.

(Original post by Grape190190)
I know someone who likes your thinking on this subject.

So you think winning a vote 23-13 is the same as a puppet election, simply because 9 MPs didn't bother to vote. Since the election didn't have a 50+% requirement, getting more votes than the other candidate gives you a mandate, regardless of your (or indeed my) views on the matter.

(Original post by Collingwood)
Will you be looking at reducing the large amounts of mostly pointless drama that seems to surround everything vaguely related to the speaker?